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Page 184
By the end of that month Collins had decided he ought to move the settlement .
The bay , he decided , was unfit for commerce , being situated in a deep and
dangerous bight . His surveyor , G . P . Harris , an incompetent and dissolute man
...
By the end of that month Collins had decided he ought to move the settlement .
The bay , he decided , was unfit for commerce , being situated in a deep and
dangerous bight . His surveyor , G . P . Harris , an incompetent and dissolute man
...
Page 191
21 Just when he was laying plans for such a future by preparing to sow seed ,
and drafting the plan for a future town , two ships bringing Collins and his party
from Port Phillip appeared in the Derwent on 15 February 1804 , with orders to ...
21 Just when he was laying plans for such a future by preparing to sow seed ,
and drafting the plan for a future town , two ships bringing Collins and his party
from Port Phillip appeared in the Derwent on 15 February 1804 , with orders to ...
Page 193
26 Collins chose this as the site , naming it Hobart Town . The landing , which
began on 20 February 1804 , was not celebrated by the drinking and the
festivities which had marked the arrival at Sydney Cove . Nor did the first public
ceremony ...
26 Collins chose this as the site , naming it Hobart Town . The landing , which
began on 20 February 1804 , was not celebrated by the drinking and the
festivities which had marked the arrival at Sydney Cove . Nor did the first public
ceremony ...
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Contents
THE EARLIEST TIMES TO CATHOLIC CHRISTENDOM | 5 |
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 1 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2008 |
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